Quote by Thomas Paine
Character is much easier kept than recovered. - Thomas Paine

Character is much easier kept than recovered. – Thomas Paine

Other quotes by Thomas Paine

The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security. – Thomas Paine

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Government
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Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our citizenship in any particular state is only our local distinction. By the latter we are known at home, by the former to the world. Our great title is AMERICANS — our inferior one varies with the place. – Thomas Paine

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Citizenship
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I have fancied myself a rebel, but at every critical moment of my life, I have been exactly the child my parents raised. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Integrity

A man may be born a jackass; but it is his business if he makes himself a double one. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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Integrity

Sin lies only in hurting other people unnecessarily. All other “sins” are invented nonsense. (Hurting yourself is not a sin — just stupid.) – Robert A. Heinlein

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Integrity

There is nothing more likely to drive a man mad, than the being unable to get rid of the idea of the distinction between right and wrong, and an obstinate, constitutional preference of the true to the agreeable. – William Hazlitt

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Integrity

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Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, that found me poor at first, and keep me so. – Oliver Goldsmith

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Drugs

As soon as you concern yourself with the good and bad of your fellows, you create an opening in your heart for maliciousness to enter. Testing, competing with, and criticizing others weaken and defeat you. – Morihei Ueshiba

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good

We have mountain of debt that isnt going away and all the problems are here to stay, and anybody who tells you that is a good thing ought to get out of the business of helping the government down the road. – Rick Santelli

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Business

I love argument, I love debate. I dont expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, thats not their job. – Margaret Thatcher

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Love